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this week i will mostly be… :::

Posted 25 Jan 2010 in Gigs,Music,News,Ramblings,Video

* chest hooping – it’s so difficult but I managed three successful seconds yesterday and I’m going to try again when I’ve finished the video edit that is rendering as I type this post.
* embracing change – new hair is happening! I’d forgotten how fun it is to create a new look after spending a long time carefully growing my locks and maintaining the red. Watch this space for photos.
* making sketches for album artwork and a big new tattoo, yay!
* demoing potential B-sides and tidying up ze album so far with Myles.
* gigging with IBC – and here’s some video from last Saturday’s show:

What are your plans for the week, dear readers?

Posted by warriorgrrl

2 Comments

  1. Paddy (25 Jan 2010, 23:55)

    I too will be visiting the barbars, just for a trim though, no adventurous hair moves til after the show i have on the 4th

    Hopefully i’ll be visiting loads of cool places to review for qype too

    and I want to try and get some regular writing done too, no one else is gonna write my stories for me!

  2. warriorgrrl (28 Jan 2010, 14:11)

    Ooo what show are you doing? Enjoy your trip to the barbers…mine went rather well I’m pleased to say.

    Yes, writing never does itself, sadly, you would have thought someone would come up with something to get over that little hurdle. Have you seen this though?

    http://www.ommwriter.com/

    I’m going to give it a try, it looks lovely.



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